Rail-fastener for metallic ties.



PATENTED--JULY 28, -1908.

APP'LIoAm'IoN' FILED rms. zo; 1908.

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UNITEDsr-ATES PATENT OFFICE. y

ROBERT o. BLAKEY, or PITTsBURe', PnvNsYLVAXIA.

' 4:terriens'ranma Fon METALLIG Tres.

To all whom t may concern."

B e. 1t known 4thatl, ROBERT' O. BLAKEY, a citlzenof the United Statesof America,

residing at' Pittsburg, in :the county.v of Ab' legheny' and .State ofPennsylvania, have lnvented newand useful llmpro:'ernent s`inRail-Fasteners for Metallic Ties, of which the following is a secification, reference being had therein to t e accompanying drawing.

This lnventlon relates to a `rail fastener for metallic ties, and theprimarv object of my l invention is .to provide a novel fastener whichlocked in position' by a malleable spike or in.:

A furt er object of this invention is to dispense with' the -use of nutsand bolts for securing rails to metallic ties, and to employ lanovelfastener andl means for locking the same, that Vwill t preventlateral and vertical displacement of. a rail with relationlto" aktie.Tothis end, Ihave devisedafastener compri'sing two partspr membersadaptedv to inter-lock with the tie', these arts or mem'- bers beingheld in afixed position-by a malle- 'able spike driven between saidmembers and automaticall;- clenched.

l The detailed construction offmy' invention' willl be presentlydescribed andthen s yeeitic'- ally 'pointed out inthe appended claims;vv

this specification Figure'1 isnan elevation of'a' accord with theReferring to the drawing forming` part. of

ortion of a tie equipped lith mvfastener. 1g. 2 1s a plan of the' same,Fig. 3 is an elevation of a modified form of fastener, Fig. 4 is` asimilar view, lillustrating the modified form of fastener as shifted.Fig- 5 is'a perpective view of the preferred form offast ener; i 1g. 61s an elevation of a portlon of a tie' equipped withanothermodiiedlforrn jof fastener,Fig. 7 is a perspeetiveview 'of-theform of fastener shown in 6.' `Figs. 8, .9, and 10 are horizontalsectional vieivs showing modified forms of securing spike,- `with thetwo members of the fastener I'nodiiedA to particular form. of jspike emloved.

n the accompanying drawings, 1 'desig'L nates "av metallic tie of I-beamform having f L its rail-supporting fianges 2. provided `with 50.

diagonally disposed slots 3,-located at" opposite sides ofthe web ofsaidtie and adjacent to vthe longitudinal edges of the railsup port-ingflanges 2.

f2 if tiene is'. base-pme nimm-genis 5 Mounted upon thenil-sixpportingange's formed therein whichxegister .with the slots 7 speeiecatiofn "ofLetters raient. i' Application sied February 2o, isos. semi Nb.'4'1e,soa.

3 in the iianges 2 `ofthe tie.

Patented July 2s, labs.,

1.1-, a head 12, a lip 13, and a racing lug 1-1.

The members constituting the fastener atf each side of the rail aresimilar in f0`rm,.and

the heads 8 of the rail-.clamping members of the fastener engage thebase-flanges 15 of the rail 6, 'the heads '12, .engage thefrail plate 4,

the lips 9 and 13, engage the'under sides o the supporting ianges 2, andthe'sha-nks z and 1l' rest Within the slots 3 and 5.

The confronting edges ofthe'members are slightly inclined, whereby aspreader hel-e111 shown' in the form of a Wedgeshaped spike or 'key 16can be driven between said members rto lock the members iuposition. The

spike or key 1,6 is made of'malleablemetal wherebyr when the end thereofimpinges.

against the hook-shaped spike-'deflector 1 0, the end of said spike Vorkey `will be deflected upwardly, or over theibracing-lug 14 ofthe ,outermember, causing the end of said spike or' key'to become clenched, toprevent 'accidental displacement of the-members vof the fastener.

rlibe `lip 13 ofthe outer member 'is 'of'.'a

lesser length than 'the lip 9 of the inner member, whereby-these partscan be easily placed Within the slots 3 and 5 and spread bythe spike Vorkel;r to grip the tie and the rail.lv

The spikesfor keys are -preferably formed with heads 17, whereby' asuitable implement (not shown) can' be employed to withdraw the spikesor keys.

.In 'Figsf 3 and 4 of the drawings, Il have illustrated a'slightmodification of my invention, wherein the inner 'members of the fas-'teners are' formed with combined overhangin'g heads. and rail braces 18. In connection s'vith this modification of my inventioml haveillustrated the Shanks of .the outer members of thetasteners as varyingin size,

theshank of one outer memberbeing smallerv than'the shank ofthe otherouter mcmlwr.

In making the slots 3 and 5 slightly llonger-,

the outer members 4of thc rail fstenerscan 4be inter-'changed to permitof a rari being slightlyshifted upon avt-ie. In Fig. 4 of the drawings,'theouter member upon the right hand side'of the rail takes the place-ofthe Outer" member upon the right hand side of 5 the frail illustrated inFig. of the diawings, greby'permittiug of a rail being shifted toIjfegrigh t,`.'from the'position illustrated in Figsf'and -7, I haveillustrated a still .further modication of/'my invention, wherethespike'cr locking .medium is deflected tha-confronting edges 'of .theinner and Aouterme mbe'rsr of 'the fastener. The innerlfastener)'19-hasfits edge provided with an l5 enlargement 20,'.Whle theouter member 21 [has its'edgfprovided with, aconcav'ity or a receSsZZ-fT i a-sinuQns orirregul'ar1 path for the spike or "key thatS driven'between s aid members,

Re. conse uently said spike or key 'will'be bent when` "'ven between themembers,'and will be prevented' y from [becoming accidentally dieen gedfrom the fastener. v

Y Sto. 10 inclusive, I haveillustr'ated 'SNS or keys of different shapesin cross Se "e thesefspikes orkelys preventing lateri-iflisplacement ofthe spike or key when driven between two 4members of the fastener;

ltiwillf of course -be .understood that the' right .to make suchstructural changes in my invention as are'permissible bythe appendedHavingnow described my invention what i having slots formed `therein4and a rail plate provided with slots ada ted .ed in saidtie for eseconfronting,edges provide to register with tliegslots of said ti e,'ofasteners mounted in said/slots, each fastener comprising an inner memberand an outer member, heads carried by said members, li s carried by saidmembers,.a wedge-shape. malleable spike adapted to be driven betweensaid members, anda hook sha ed deflector carried by the inner member fdrdefiec-ting the e'nd of said spike against thevoute'r member.

2. In combination with a slotted metallic tie adapted to sup ort rails,fasteners mountiiolding rails thereon, each fastener comprising an innermember and an outer member, heads carried by said menibers, lips carriedby said members, a wedge sha ed spike ada ted to b e driven betweensaid) members, an a deflector carried by said innlrniember'for clenchingthe end of said s i e., 1 f P3. A. rail fastener comprising. an innermember, and an -outery member, heads car.- ried by said members,.lipscarried by said members, a malleable s ikeada te'd to be driven betweensaid mem ers, an adeflector carried by said inner member for forcing theend of said spike against'said outer member.

4. A rail fastener comprising an inner railclam ing member, an" outertie-engaging4 mem er, a spreader adapted to be driven between saidmembers, and lmeans carried by one of said members for deflecting theend of,

said spike against the other ofsaid members. 5;. 'A rail fastenercomprising two members eachhaving a tie-enga lug and having fConfronting edges shape to provide an irregular path between' themembers, anda spike adapted to be driven into said irregular path tospreadsaid members.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

4 ROBERT O. BLAKEY. Witnessesz' MAX H. SnoLovirz, A. J TRIGG.

